Waikato, Te Ahiwaru, Ngāti Mahuta
Prof Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan (She/Her)
Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan has a distinguished background in teaching and kaupapa Māori research. Jenny has led and contributed to several large community projects, including the Endeavour MBIE-funded ‘Generation Kainga: Rangatahi building resilient and regenerative Aotearoa’, the Marsden-funded ‘Matike mai Te Hiaroa: #Protect Ihumātao’, and ‘Marae Ora Kainga Ora’, among others. In 2016, she received the Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award from the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, recognising her high-quality research and significant contribution to Māori education. Jenny co-edited the award-winning book Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology (2019) with Prof Joan Archibald and Dr Jason DeSantolo. Her most recent book, Tiakina te Pā Harakeke: Ancestral knowledge and tamariki well-being (2022), was co-edited with Dr Leonie Pihama.